Big River
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Soon after he lands in America, Ali, a Muslim man from Pakistan, begins his search for his estranged wife, Nadia. On his journey, Ali meets with Teppei, a Japanese traveller hitchhiking his way across America, and Sarah, a local trailer park girl, who help him in his search. The three travellers succeed in finding Nadia, who, to Ali’s dismay, is living a new life in Phoenix with another man. Ali spends the rest of his stay in America with Teppei and Sarah, anxiously wondering where his life is leading. In the brief time they are together, the three companions commit to helping one another. Ali, Teppei and Sarah begin a new journey, to find their own individual identities and in the process they find each other. Big River is a road movie, a tale about the borderless realm of friendship and its ability to transcend culture.
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Cast
22 people
Joe Odagiri
Teppei
Known for
My Way
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Kavi Raz
Ali
Known for
Pet Sematary
St. Elsewhere
Alyssa Black
Restaurant customer
Atsushi Funahashi
Chloe Snyder
Sarah
Also in
Diary of a Serial Killer
Hall Pass
Shôzô Ichiyama
Also in
The Calming
Last Shadow at First Light
Eric Van Den Brulle
Masayuki Mori
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Mohammed Naqvi
Also in
Shame
Tracy Ahumada
Frita
Ray Anderson
Bartender
Jill Schneider
Atsushi Funahashi Director · Eric Van Den Brulle Writer Steve Hamilton Editor
Worldwide gross $36K · Budget $800K · First release October 7, 2005
Box office
Budget
$800,000
Worldwide gross
$36,357
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
Tokyo FM
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Tokyo Theatres Company
Production
Office Kitano
Production · Distribution
Village Productions
Production
United States · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ビッグ・リバー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
South Korea · October 7, 2005
Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
Japan · May 27, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 13, 2006 · Berlin International Film Festival
Hungary
November 9, 2007 · TV premiere
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